About
Milad Mevlevi is the founder of LEXAI, a bilingual legal directory for the UAE. He studied International Business at the University of Salford. The idea for LEXAI grew out of his own experience seeking legal help in 2022. Searching for “lawyers near me” brought up listings, but he struggled to find verifiable credentials, reviews he could trust and detailed biographies that would help him choose a lawyer with confidence. That experience led him to create LEXAI, with the aim of making it easier for people to assess legal professionals before contacting them.
Articles by Milad Mevlevi
Banking Finance
Bank Account Blocked in the UAE? Why It Happens and How to Get It Unblocked
A blocked-account message can be a scam or a real block. How to tell the difference, the six reasons UAE banks may lawfully block an account, what the bank must tell you, and the steps to release it, including dormant accounts.
Criminal Law
Hiring a Private Investigator in Dubai: What the Law Allows and Where It Stops
Before you hire a private detective in Dubai, know which methods are crimes under UAE law, how a client can become liable for what an investigator collects, and the lawful routes to the same evidence through the police, the prosecution and the courts.
Family Law
Birth Certificate in the UAE: How to Register a Birth and Get the Certificate
The two legal clocks every new parent in the UAE faces: 30 days to apply for the birth certificate and four months to sort out the baby's passport and residence. Who applies, where, which documents, attestation, late registration and corrections.
Immigration
Freelance Permit and Freelance Visa in the UAE: Routes, Requirements and Limits
A freelance permit lets you work for yourself; a freelance visa lets you live here. How the MOHRE permit, free-zone permits and the Abu Dhabi freelancer licence differ, the green visa income test, what a permit does not allow, and what the published prices are.
Immigration
UAE Visa Medical Test: What Is Checked, Where, and What Happens If You Fail
Who has to take the residence visa medical, which blood tests and X-ray apply to your job category, where to go in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and the other emirates, what it costs, how long the certificate lasts, and what each positive result means for your visa.
Real Estate Property
Sharjah Rent Increase Rules: Tenancy Contracts, Limits and Where to Complain
Under Sharjah's 2024 property leasing law, a landlord cannot raise the agreed rent for three years unless you agree, and later increases follow the rent of similar properties. Here is how attestation works, what protects you from eviction pressure, and how to file at the Rental Disputes Center.
Corporate Commercial
Customs Duty Exemption in the UAE: Industrial Inputs, Personal Effects and How to Claim
Which imports escape the UAE's 5% customs duty, how a licensed factory registers its machinery and raw materials with the Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology, the conditions for moving your household goods, traveller allowances, and what to do if customs refuses.
Civil Litigation
Tableegh: How Legal Notices Are Served in the UAE, and What to Do When One Reaches You
What a Tableegh or court notification actually is, the ways UAE law allows a notice to be served, the details a genuine notice must carry, how to check it on the court's own portal, and the deadlines that start once you are served.
Immigration
Lost Emirates ID? How to Report It and Get a Replacement
Who you must tell and by when, whether you need a police report, what the ICP replacement service asks for and costs, and when renewal rather than replacement may be the right application.
Labour Employment
UAE Minimum Wage: Is There a Legal Minimum Salary, and Which Salary Floors Apply to You
The UAE Labour Law sets no general minimum wage, but one floor does exist: AED 6,000 a month for Emiratis in the private sector. Here is what the law guarantees instead, which salary thresholds are visa tests rather than wage rules, and what to do if you are paid less than agreed.
Labour Employment
Golden Visa Holders and Employment Disputes: What Changes and What Does Not
A Golden Visa does not add to or take away your labour rights. Here is what stays the same in a dispute with your employer, what works differently (the work permit, the one-year ban, your residence and its renewal), and how to take a claim through MOHRE and the courts.
Immigration
Maid Visa in Dubai: How to Sponsor a Domestic Worker Legally
The lawful ways to hire a maid, nanny or driver in Dubai, what the sponsor must meet, how the MOHRE permit, entry visa and residence fit together, what the contract must say, when you get a refund, and the fines for hiring outside the system.
Corporate Commercial
Related Party Transactions in the UAE: Company Law Approvals and Corporate Tax Arm's-Length Rules
Who must approve a deal between your company and a director, partner or their own company, what has to be disclosed and minuted, and how the Corporate Tax Law tests the price under the arm's length and connected-person rules.
Immigration
Family Visa in the UAE: Who Can Sponsor a Spouse and Children, and What It Takes
Who a UAE resident can sponsor, the salary and housing test, the documents and steps from entry permit to Emirates ID, the fees GDRFA and ICP list, and what changes for Golden Visa and Green Visa holders.
Immigration
Emirates ID Renewal: How It Works, Status Checks and Late-Renewal Fines
When you can renew your Emirates ID, how the route differs for residents, Dubai residents and nationals, what ICP charges, how to check your application status, and how the AED 20-a-day late fine works and can be waived.
Real Estate Property
Form A, Form B and Form F in Dubai: The Property Sale Paperwork Explained
Which form you sign at each stage of a Dubai resale, what the Dubai Land Department's Form F sale contract says about the deposit cheque, finance and default, and what still has to happen before ownership actually moves.
Banking Finance
Murabaha in the UAE: How Islamic Cost-Plus Finance Works Under UAE Law
A murabaha is a cost-plus sale, not a loan. Here is what the UAE Commercial Transactions Law and the Central Bank's consumer rules say about the fixed price, late payment, early settlement, security cheques and complaints.
Labour Employment
Wage Protection System (WPS) in the UAE: How It Works and What It Means for Your Salary
WPS is the system MOHRE uses to check that private-sector salaries arrive in full and on time. Here is what it means on your payslip, when your salary is due, what happens to employers who pay late, and what to do if your pay goes missing.
Banking Finance
Liability Letter vs No Liability Letter in the UAE: What Your Bank Must Issue, How Fast and at What Cost
Your UAE bank must answer your request with a liability or no liability letter within 7 complete business days. What each letter says, the fee caps, your security cheques, and how to escalate a delay.
Family Law
Adoption in the UAE: What the Law Allows, Fostering Rules and Adopting From Abroad
UAE law does not allow adoption that transfers lineage. Here is how state-supervised fostering works, who qualifies, where to apply, and what happens to a child you adopted abroad.
General
Flight Delayed or Cancelled in the UAE? Your Passenger Rights Under UAE Law
A cancelled or delayed flight to or from the UAE gives you statutory rights: no fare when the airline cancels, liability for delay damage, strict luggage notice deadlines, and time limits of one to two years to sue. Here is what you can claim, and how.
Immigration
How to Get UAE Citizenship: What Emirati Nationality Law Allows, and Why Residents Cannot Simply Apply
UAE citizenship is not earned by years of residence or a visa. Here are the routes Emirati nationality law actually allows, the 2021 nomination path, the dual-nationality rule, and how the UAE passport follows the nationality.
Real Estate Property
What Is Freehold Property in Dubai? Ownership Rights, Where It Applies and Leasehold Compared
Freehold in Dubai is ownership with no end date, recorded by the Dubai Land Department. Most foreign buyers can hold it only on plots the Ruler has designated. Here is what it gives you, how to check a unit, and how it differs from a leasehold of up to 99 years, usufruct and musataha.
Corporate Commercial
Tax Residency Certificate in the UAE: Who Qualifies and How to Apply
Who counts as a UAE tax resident, from the 183-day and 90-day tests to the centre-of-interests rule, and how to apply on EmaraTax: the documents, the AED fees, the timelines and the mistakes that cost a non-refundable fee.
Real Estate Property
DTCM Holiday Homes in Dubai: Permit Rules, Who Can Rent Short-Term, and Owner Liabilities
Short-term letting in Dubai is legal once DET approves the unit. Who can register, which units qualify, what your building can and cannot do, the Tourism Dirham, and the fines for skipping the permit.
Corporate Commercial
General Trading Licence in Dubai: What You Can Trade, What Needs Extra Approval
A Dubai general trading licence covers any allowed goods under one activity. Regulated goods still need their own authority's NOC, and prohibited or counterfeit goods never qualify. Here is how to read the official DET record and check your products.
Banking Finance
Are UAE Banks Phasing Out Handwritten Signatures? What the Law Says About E-Signatures
Several UAE banks have reportedly begun moving customers from handwritten signatures to electronic signing through the national digital identity platform. The law has not abolished ink. Here is what Federal Decree-Law 46 of 2021 says about electronic signatures, which kind equals a handwritten one, and where a notary or a set form still applies.
Immigration
Lost Your Passport in the UAE? Police Report, Replacement and Updating Your Residence Record
Where to file the police report in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and the northern emirates, the two legal deadlines, what the loss certificate costs, and how to update your residence record once your embassy issues a new passport.
Labour Employment
DEWS in the DIFC: How the Employee Workplace Savings Plan Works
Your DIFC employer must pay at least 5.83% of your monthly basic wage into DEWS or another certified scheme every month, rising to 8.33% after five years. Who is covered, how the 50% floor works, what UAE and GCC nationals are owed, and how to get the money out.
Corporate Commercial
Authorized Signatory in a UAE Company: Who Can Sign, How to Appoint One, and the Liability
The authorised signatory is whoever can legally bind the company: usually the manager named in the MOA, or someone that manager empowers by POA or resolution. Where that authority is recorded, how to change it in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and ADGM, and when a signature becomes personal liability.